"ALLEN | ,. TO-NIGHT, HOPE HAMPTON m "S ARDS I YEAR 89; No. 55, NO PLEDGE YET GIVEN By Lloyd Genes As to Fre ture Action Regarding _ ~ Premiership. London, March 7.--Lloyd George has deferfed his resignation without giving his colleagues any pledge as to future action regarding the prem- fership, according to most reliable information reaching ths Associated Press today. It is commonly accept- ed that he is desirous of completing the Irish legislation and of attend- ing the Genoa conference before re- linquisding thé leadership of government. It' 1s understood that assurances of support wero given.at,the Birk- senhead dinner, at which, in addition to the prime minister and the lord ghancellor, there: were present Mr. Chamberlain, = Sir ArtLur Balfour, Lord Curzom, Sir Robert Stevenson Horne and ir Laming Worthington- Evans. Premier Is Sick. "Meanwhile Lloyd George is c¢on- fined to his room in his Downing street residence suffering from bronchial catarrh. He received no visitors and is expected -to leave Wednesday on his. doctor's orders for a rest of a week or longer at his old home at Criccieth, Wales, Mr. Chamberlain, replying to a question in the house of gommons yestérday, said the premier could not possibly attend 'the sessions daily during question time at present. He { the {Hamilton Principal 1s Bui Bt KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1922, Two TOWNS WIPED OUT BY STORM | Augusta, Ga., March 7 Two towns, Langley and 'Warren- ville, ten and twelve miles re= spectively from Augusta .in South Carolina, are reported to have been wiped out by=z storm today. Several person are said to have been killed at Langley, Nine Were Killed, Augusta, March 7.--A mes- sage received here states that nine persons were killed and a number injured, { Dies in Classroom | Hamilton, March 7.--Dr. J. B, Turner, principal of-the Hamil- ton Collegiate Institute, - drop- ped dead In the class room while the pupils were being call- ed to order r at nine o'clock this morning. AQeath was due to apoplexy. He was sixty-five years of age and was born in the township of Grey. The late Dr. Turner was an honorary graduate of Queen's University. | i Bills Introduced in Legislature. | Toronto, March 7.--Several meas- ures were introduced in the legisla- | ture yesterday afternoon, these was the bill respecting free text books for public, separate, and | industrial schaols, which R. L, Brac kin, West Kent, sponsored last ses- sion, but withdrew at the govern- ment's request, Capt. "Joseph BE. Thompson also reintroduced hiszBill | to, provide reduced assessment brewers and maltsters. / «NOT BOUND - -T0 CONTINUE " Irish Free State--What [2 Constitution Draft Pro- vides. Dublin, March of the Irish constitution was pleted last night by a committee of which Darrell Figgis is acting chair- It will be submitted today man. provisional government {any changes that may be | necessary. The the Irish Free State and formation here today. Inclusion of northeast vided' for. itain the powers they now | having their own legislatu constitution not bind the people over forever to contains nothing, forbidding them from con-| tinuing the struggle for complete in- dependence, according to reliable in 7.--The_ first draft com- to the for deemed does Ulster within the Free State has beeh pro- Six counties 'would re- possess, func- | tioning similarly to the legislatures lot the Canadian provinces. - re, Will Hold the Barracks. Dublin, March 7. State troops em pee --Rumors {republican rebels have given forty-eight hours' AMOREvies to surrender Limerick barracks lacks substantiation. | stated that Free State troops will ret isist to the utmost any 'attempt by the rebels to capture the barracks. | More Troops For Limerick. Dublin, March 7.--Headquarters for fof the Free State troops here is un- derstood to be dealing energetically that Free no- police It is SENSATIONAL JUMP , FROM HIGH. MONUMENT Neh Who Committed. Suicide Fell 164 Feet in View of Churchgoérs. Baltimore, Md., March 7.--In the plain view of hundreds of promenad- érs-gnd church goers, Francis Igna- tius Devenez, 38 years old, who had climbed to the/ top of Washington monument with a young woman companion shortly before nogn, crawled over the railing and av0p- ped into space. Just 164 feet below his body tell with a thud that was heard for a block on the roof of the balcony above the entrance to the shaft, His body, with nearly every bone crush- ed, was taken to Mercy hospital. Later it was removed to the morgue. At the Stewart Taxicab Company, /'where Devenez worked, two chauf- | teurs, fellow workers, told the police that Deévenez had told® them Satur- day that he was going to jump from the monument. Before making that statément, they said, he had asked lthat they procute some mercury for him, saying he wanted to kill hun- self. In the excitement attendant upon the fatal jump, the Woman must have run down the steps within thé monument and got away. Search for her was made within .the structure, but not a trace could spe found. Da- venez was married, but his compan- fon was not his wife, 'lout last midnight.' LIVELY TIME AT LIMERICK The Situation is Regarded as Serious By Provisional Government. Dublin, March 7.--Extremist ele- ments of the I.R.A. in the Cork, Tip* perary and Clare brigades," made their first directly hostile move against the Free State when strong detachments entered Limerick, seiz- ed the principal hotels and the rail- way, station in defiance of. orders from headquarters and established themselves as sdldiers of the Irish Republic. ; The situation is regarded most seriously here, and in view of Mich- ael Collins' strong words Sunday in- stant energetic action fs expected. The provisional government, fore- seeing 'trouble, carefully armed' the troops for the pro-Treaty areas first. They are furnished swith: arms and transport and are alsa backed by public sympathy which was the tgreatest-asset-during the long strug- gle of the I.R.A. against the English forces. Undoubtedly if it is possible to avoid a clash everything possible will-be-done to prevent it, as delay in an internal settlement is the greatest step toward external peace. Meanwhile, the provisional gov- ernment has won another victory in the settlement of the post office dis- pute at the eleventh hour. A strike would have paralyzéd the country as the postal, telegraph and telephone employes weregall Brdered to walk ~The employes . The FARMERS YET HOLD PART OF WHEAT CROP } 200,000,000 Bushels of Can-| ada's 1921 Yield Have so Far Been Delivered. Winnipeg, 'Man,,. March, 7. Some 247,000,000 bushels of the wheat crop of 1921 could be accounted for up to Feb. 28th 'without taking into consideration the balance of' Wheat remaining in farmers' hands to be marketed, according to & statemert 'issued by the W.'Sanford Evans' Sta- tistical Service. The statement says: From Aug. 1088, 1921, te Feb. 28th, 1922, theré was "delivered by farmers of new crop wheat 199,926,- 868 bushels, The reserve held on farms for seed and the quantity to be used by local grist mills is placed at 40,000,000 bushels, and, in addition, it is estimated that grain damaged by bad weather conditions so as to prove non-merchantable, together with grain fed to poultry, and waste, might amount to 7,600,000 bushels. The total thus accounted for is 247,425,868 bushels. There is no definite way of determining what balance remains in farmers' hands to be marketed, but it is pointed out was deltvered Phy farmers 20,750,000 bushels. -- Denies Removing Snake { From Stomach of Woman | | Brockville, March 7.--""I know of | no. such instance," says Dr. G. M. B. Carnell, prominent local surgeon, denying a .report widely circulated throughout eastern Ontario that he | had operated upon a woman for the | removal of a sake from her stom- ach. Dr. Cornell further states that he is attendiflg no such patient, and that he regrets to disappoint, such | that last year, after March 1st, there {7 TO-NIGHT ALBURTUS "THE MIRACLE MAN™ -- READY FOR ANY TROUBLE Military Men P Preparing to Meet Sporadic Outbreaks in India.- Delhi, March J.--The military men in India are keenly ali¥e to the possibility of dangers from the pres- ent political situation. They are not given to exaggeration, nor do |they minimize the grave potentialit- {les of the issues which cloud peace in India and cause the great: spirit of unrest throughout the country. "We do not believe there will be a wholesale rebellion or rising of the people," sald General Rawlinson, during an interview which he grant- ed me. "But we are expecting that we must meet sporadic outbreaks in different parts of the country which may or may not be more serious than the recent Moplah trouble." "Have the reductions in the Brit- Lish Imperial forces in any way im- paired the efficiency of the army | India? T asked. "In no way," he veptted. "We have made reductions of about 25,.- 000- men in the organizations here. OT these reductions, as compared with "our strength in 1914, 6,000 {were British. We have under arms in 'Indla' about 60,000 British troops. The native army numbers about 140,000, of which not all are at present in India. These troops are approaching the efficiency of the larger pre-war forces.' "With the practical defeat of Mahatma Gandhi at the recent imeet- ing of the All-India Congress Com- objected to a reduction in pay. reduction takes place pending an en- quiry, and if the reduction is shown to be too drastic in view of (he cost of living, a refund will be made. In view of present politicat conditions with the mutinous action of the re- publican rebels at Limerick. Ten companies of troops left Dublin to- day and while' their destination was not announced, it is believed to be Limerick. Other detachments will delightful five-o'clock-tea gossip, SMALL HELD ON RANCH had previously announced that Lloyd George was confined to his house and mildly reproved Josiah Edgewood, iabor member, as proh- ably having not heard the announce- ment ¢f the premier's illness when | mittee, do you expect the movement {to swing from the present stand of {non-violence to one from which vio- ° lence and riots may be expected," he was asked. HON. MR. FIELDING the member asked if the failu:e of tae prem'sr to turn. up at juestion time was nut partly respansible for the sipie of the coalition govern- ment. One of the evening papers de- clares it is quile clear that the prem- " fer's health is to be "ths next card .in the pack,' and much may turc on ft. : UNSEEMLY CONDUCT IN THE LEGISLATURE Liquor "Drinking There on Last Night OF Laps: Session. -- " Toronto, March 7.--Prefaced by a reference to "rumors of unseemly and irregular conduct on the part 'of some members of the legislature during the last night of the last ses- sion," notice of a resolut. n- by Alderman Cowan asking for an in- vestigation to determine "upon whom the responsibility should rest to prosecute violations of the Ontar- fo Temperance Act occurring within the parliament buildings or other public buildings," was placed on the records of the city council at an early hour this morning. ' i ---- Raney Will Answer, Toronto, March 7.--General Ra- ney stated to-day that he was pre- pared to answer the questions on the floor of the legislature regarding rumors of a violation of the temper- 'once act by members of the assem- bly, Some time ago, he added, the 'government had received. a request for inquiry regarding alleged "par- 'tles." . COALITION BEST FOR GREAT BRITAIN London, March 7.--"I am em- phatically of the opinion that the country's interésts dre best served by coalition," -declared Sir Arthur Balfour at the Oarleton Ciub to-day. Father Delorme Remanded Untjl 14th of March Montreal, March 7.--Rev, Adel- ard Delorine, charged with the maf der of Raoul Delorme, appeared in the equete court this morning and . was remanded until March 14th, A . request for the remand was made by 'the prisomer's counsel. : Es cn dl HUSBAND AND WIFE my husband comes home that} with "the seme record. --- y Your Husband Do? MAKES_ STATEMENT Says Reciprocity Pact of 1911 Is Still on. U. 8. Statute Books. Ottawa, March 7. Contrary to | his usual custom, Hon. William Ste- | vens FieMing made a statement last night concerning his mission to Washington, | and New York.- Mr. Fielding, makes, it plain, .ae 'he did In the commons last session, that the recipricity pact of 1911 is still on the 'statute books of the United States. However, he seems to intimate that there is no use now of Canada com- "{pleting her end of the bargain, since he seems to think that any such aec- tion would be unacceptable to Wash- fhgton. Canada has to wait till the present United States tariff bill is passed. It is quite possible," though Mr. Fielding does not say so, that nego- tiations may be entered into be- tween the two countries when the tariff bill is through the United States senate, Two important sen- tences in Mr, Fielding's statement read: J "I was reminded by several mem- bers that the Fordney tariff bill con- tains a clause authorizing the presi- dent to open negotiations for reci- procal trade with any country that is prepared to rfhake satisfactory termsy I am informed that those who caused it to be placed in the bill had in mind the probable making of some reciprocal arrangements with Canada." "" While this is the outstanding op- timistic message in Mr. Fielding's statement, Je notes the courtesy and kindness whic Canada's ap- proaches _ Washington have been received. "It is noticeable," says Mr. Field- Ing, "that there is in 'the United States an. increasing appreciation of the fact that trade cannot long be continued in a lop-sided form." The minister .of finance in his statement also deals with the re- newal of the $11,000,000 .Canadian Northern loan in New York. ----r GZ A 'ROYAL ENGAGEMENT Princess Olga, oy daugntay of Prince Ni- cholas of Gre betrothed to the am Pra of ture is inset in FRE .|leave during the day. Gunmen Active in Belfast. Belfast, | today, increasing the the soldiers. on his way to wopk, dealer had part ¥ shot off, futile attempt was made furnitute plant on Library s and "The Civic Guard." Dublin, Irish Free State will replace the Roy bulary. Takes Over Technical School. * 7.--A detach- forces to-day of the technical The situation is. quiet, Limerick, March ment of republican took possession school here. March 7.--Gunmen 'active 'in the' early 'morning, hours tension spite of the efforts bf the police and A man was shot dead ,news- arm but a "his right A carefully planned, to fire a treet. March 7.---"The Civic Guard" is the title oa He new Which although some tension is elt. 4 Military Fire Into Crowd. Belfast, March ing another, The lord mayor announced that the imposition of martigl law wus immiment. 7.--Rioting in Hanover street this afternoon result- ed in the firing into a crowd by the military killing two boys and wound: Would Insure Workers Against Unemployment Montreal, farch movement, Dr. W. Queen's University, dressing the out of work. A considerable part of the cost of | would have to be borne by the industrial employers. in the end, however, benefit, for they were now facing charges, such as contributions to charity, losses from strikes, etc., and they would sécure a healthy business which employed this, he said, They would many uncertain contented workmen. a a : 7.--Declaring that a haunting fear of insecurity 1s at the back of every radical] Labor A. Mackintosh, Kingston, ad- Montreal Women's Club here yesterday, urged that the most logical way of eliminating this constant fear of unemployment wal to insure the workefs against being Brockville's Tax Rate, - Brockville, March 7.--An advance, of two and a half mills in the tax rate over that of 1921 was decided upon by the council, the rate for this year being forty mills -upon the as- sessment of $6,154,215, as opposed {to a rate of thirty-seven and a half mills last years. There is no ad- vance in' the rate for school pur- poses, Reparations Payments, Paris, March 7.---German repara- ons payment to the Allies in cash, ts in kind and cessions of state property betweén the armistice' and December 31st, 1921, amounted to 6,487,856 gold marks, said the re- parations commission statement to- A ---- A Canadian National Ratiways five per cent. 3 were in Offering x New York, March 7.--Announce-! REV. E. B. HOI , M.A, D.D. Of Renfrew, Ontal nominated by asveral | Presbyteries for the Chair of Church History at Knox College, Toronto, NO NEW: YORK PREACHERS ARE CONFINED IN JAS But ro es doe Revatians Sad -- A an, ¥ ---------- New York, March 7.--Theére are 17 actors and ,no preachers in the penitentiaries of New York state, and 665.actors and only 67 ministers in the prisons of the country, accord- ing fo figures Presented to the Cal- vary Baptist church congregation by Rev. John Roach Straton, continu- ing his church-and-stdte controversy, 'Since the debate in this auditor- ium over stage morals much has been in the papers-about the compar- ative number of preachers and actors in the ' penitentiary," Dr. Straton said "The assertion has been mhde, and copied widely across 'the continent, that there are more preachers in the penitentiary than actors. It has even :been said that hot only are there more preachers, but the preachers are nearly - all Baptist preachers. Well, that Sertainly is bringing it close to home, "As a matter of fact the actors shut the preachers out completely in New York state, and lead by nearly 10 to 1 in thé countrywide prison statistics for 1921. War's Effect Oaused 12,150 to Take Lives New York, March' 7. -- Reaction following the war is blamed 'by the Save-a-Life-League for the large number of suicides in 1921, 20,000 of which were estimated to have taken place in this country. Thenum- ber of ¢ brought to the league's attention was, 12,150, of whick 8, 410 were males and 2,734 females. "This waste of life is the result of recent disturbed economiz condi- tions and the aftermath of the war," said a report by Harry M. Warren, president of the league, 'has caused commercial faflures, loss of employ- ment and much real suffering. The growing complexity of ovr modern life, the feverish unrest, crimes d!- vorces, questionable dress, unhappy home. relations, the decline of reli- gious sentiment, and other things have caused deranged nerves, de: pression and less self-control. Witn improved business, which is sure to come, the suicide rate will be te- Kath leen, aged 6, Priscilla Jane, aged 4; Hagel Lillisn, aged 2; the Saughtérs ment was made to-day of an offer- ing of /eleven million dollars Cana- || dian ; Home. ' Toronto, March 7--Pitricia 'who has been : through the country a strike affect- ing all business would have resulted in chaos., -- KU KLUX KNIGHTS + MARCH IN TO CHURCH Hooded Figures Hand Minister Envelope With Cash to Help Needy Family. Dover, Del., March 7--Two white- robed figures bearing the insignia of the Ku - Klux - Kian entered the (People's Christian church during service Sunday night, and, march up the aisle, placed an "erivelope on the pulpit. Without uttering a word the figures turned, marched down the aisle again, out the front door and disappeared. - The large congregation was stand- ing, singing a hymn. All stared with amazement, No effort was made to detain the hooded figures. When the hymn was concluded Rev. Roy C. Helfenstein, pastor, opened the envelope and read: "Please deliver this amount of money, $31, to the person whose name you will find" enclosed. We understand that a certain family in "lour town is in need, and we desire as an 'organization to make this con- tribution towards its support.--Sign- ed "KNIGHTS KU KLUX KLAN," NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM Tidings' From Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted. > The Genoa conference opens April 11th. Daylight saving in Toronto starts May 14th. Eleven girls were killed and thir- ty injured in an explosion of powd- er at Birmingham, Eng. ' The Italian government informs the French foreign office that April 10th {is satisfactory for the opening of the Genoa conference. Mrs. Gunder Midboe and- her four children wete drowned when a sleigh overturned while fording the river at Winona, Minn. Her husband and another man aped. As 8 result of the rges made in the legislature on Friday against the Hydro commission and its engi- ngers, Sir Adam has cut short his holiday in Nort 'Carolina and re- turned to Toronto. Hon. G. Howard Fergyson con- demns Col. Carmicheel's resignation from the Hydro-Electric commission, and demands that he resign trom the cabinet to demonstrate the sincerity of his position. Ontario deer hunters have declar- ~ "SPIRIT GUIDES™ SAY Writer Intimates That Theat- rical Magnate is Alive in the West. Toronto, March 7.--FPom a man' in Windsor, who bears tHe name of | a once famous French detective, | James: W. Cowan, manager of "the | Grand Opera House yesterday re- ceived a lengthy letter in which the writer claims Ambrose J. Small, missing theatrical magnate, is still alive, and that if, either a member of the family, or some: article owned by: thie missing man, were sent td Windsor, this man would put thei in touch with a woman, who, ne claims, is connected with "spirit guides." Information would - be forthcoming - in regard to Mr. Small's whereabouts. It is claimed that Mr. Small is alive with his mind partly unbalanced, and under the custody of three men on a ranch in the Canadian west. .A. BOMB EXPLODED At Rear Entrance . of a Montreal "That is not for soldiers to ans- wer. I can not judge this myself. All I can say is that we are prepared to deal with apy disturbances." "In such an eventuality, are-comn- ditions similar to those which exist- ed in Ireland--guerilla warfare-- likely to spring up?' I asked. "Is there any comparison between Indians and Irishmen?" he coun- tered, 'Indeed there is not' India's force of 2,400 pdlice is capable of controlling a mob of 10,000. This has been done." DIED IN KINGSTON. 2 Vas Operated for (From i a. Qorrespondent) Napanee, March 7.--The funeral of the late Mrs. Peter Bogart, who died in Ottawa on Thursda# last, were brought to Napanee on Satur-' day and interred in the family plot. The deceased had many wafm friends in Napanee who will be sor- ry to hear of her death. Miss Vera Richardson, daughter of Richard Richardson, South Nap- anee, died at Kingston General hos- pital on Monday after undergoing an operation for appendicitis, Migs Maria Grange is very {ll in Ottawa A Youss Wis Methodist Church. Montreal, March . 7.~-That much care must have been taken in pre- | paring the bomb' which was ex- | ploded at the West-End Methodist | church, at the corner of Canning and Coursol streets, Sunday evening aur- ing the service, is evident from the fact that the bomb was found to have a three-minyte time fuse at. tached. . The explosive was placed by unknown hands at the rear vesti- bule of the church just before 7.30 and three minutes afterwards a ter- rific explosion crashed, through the church, frightening the congregation so that one or two fainted and one has not yet totally recovered from the shock. Rev. F. B. Alluntt, pastor of the church, said that he could not de- finitely give the reason for such an occurence, but he was of the opinion that the act was done'by an organiz- ed gang in the vicinity as a tag at- tached to the bomb bore the label '"The Fulford Street Gang." of Great The 'finance ministers * , Britain, France, Italy and Belgium meet on March 8th to discuss the distribution of reparation payments. em EORG ORG 3 short-lived crisis his leadership of {of pnedmonia. { where she underwent | which. was very 'successful. Her sjster, Mrs. Pruyn, left last week to'be with hér, Mrs. 8. E. Scott returfied on mon- day from Hotel Dieu, Kingston, an operation Miss Nora Gleeson arrived home last week.after visiting relatives ia Vancouver and Fernie, B.C. The fine weather of Sunday and Monday has destroyed the sleighing throughout the country. Trinity Methodist church held their anntversary ser. vices on Sunday, last. Rey. Chown preached. The church crowded to- the doors at bofh vices. RURAL POPULATION Forty Per Cent. of French People Are in Country. - ' Paris, March 7.--France's rural population as shown by the 1921 censys is 15,000,000 out of the ap- proximate total population of 37, 000,000 or a little over 40 pes cent, M. Cheron, minister of agriculture,' called this to the, attention of the chamber today during discussion of measures to be taken to ehcourage the "back to the land movement." In 1896, the minister declared, the rural population was 23,000,000 out of a total population. of 38,000,000. .. Mayor of Galt is Married: Gelt, Ont., March 7.--After ate tending the Liberal convention in Toronto, Mayor S. E. Charlton went to Barrie, in which town, on Satur- day, he was married to Miss Mary Euphemia Ross, sister of Donald Mayor Charlton and Mrs, Charlton have gone to Winnipeg on their wed- ding trip. ' ; _Electrify Rallwiys, : | Berne, p, Maren 7.--The electrifica~ 4 tion of raflroads is making progress {A Switzerland. The whole. of the Gotthard Railroad from Lu- © cerne to the Italian frontier now bears only electrically-drawn freight, thus effecting a saving of ever 2,000 of coal monthly, Other lines: Be Cormotoand Dalen rrontien are being transformed for electrie traction,